Bees!

On Thursday, our classroom was “abuzz” with activity! The children took on the various roles that bees have in a hive! The Queen sat in her chair wearing a crown. We had bees that used paper fans to keep the hive at the proper temperature! Our “field bees” flew around to the flowers in the room to gather the “pollen” in their “pollen baskets” on their legs! When they returned to the “hive,” they did a “waggle dance” to tell the other bees where the flowers were! Other bees took the pollen and made it into honey! Of course, some of the bees fed the baby bees. The most popular job was being a “guard bee” who defended the hive against intruders!

As usual, when working with preschoolers, you never know what might happen! One of my guard bees called out, “Mrs. Linden, can my mom come into the hive?” (Mom was pretending to be an “intruder,” and reminded him he was supposed to keep her out!) I could tell that he was very upset about not letting mom in! I explained that in real life, his mom is ALWAYS welcome!